J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread IV (Closed to posting)
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No. At high angle of attack, the aircraft blocks the air flow and renders the vertical stabilizers ineffective. Ventral fins do not have such problem. Many people have issues with the ventral fins because of a misconception that the fins are detrimental to stealth. However, the ventral fins serve to hide the engine nozzles from view, so actually improve stealthiness of the aircraft.
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Okay, I think I may have an explanation for this now. One piece canopy like before actually has to be pretty thick to provide structural strength. Adding a brace to the interior of the canopy would allow the canopy to be made thinner, hence lighter, not to mention cheaper. A thinner canopy would also allow for more ejection options to the pilot, should the canopy ejection mechanism fails. Since the brace is inside the canopy, rather than dividing the canopy into fore and aft portions, the canopy on 2011 is still one piece and should have minimal impact on stealth.
kwaigonegin
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The J-20 is definitely looking good. Can't wait to see the true LRIP variant. With this bird and the J-10B in large numbers, the PLAAF would be second only to the USAF. I like (hope) to see the J-20 at Red Flag someday which incidently will begin very soon at Nellis AFB.
IF USN can invite PLAN to RIMPAC, USAF can invite PLAAF to RedFlag. Hopefully someday they will and hopefully the political relations between the US and China allows that.
IF USN can invite PLAN to RIMPAC, USAF can invite PLAAF to RedFlag. Hopefully someday they will and hopefully the political relations between the US and China allows that.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Could be a light grey. Hard to tell. Silver is a color that fell out of military livery around the 1960s it shown to easily only aircraft that still wear it in military use tend to be Vip like air force one.
Now that would be a sight to see, and the USAF has traditionally been very courteous to their guests, I think the RAF Typhoon bros had a great time, and got some very outstanding flying in, in fact I gathered that everyone had a great time, I am a definite fan of these types of relationship building exercises, who knows what positive benefits these friendships grow into in the real world, and I would love to be flying the chase and burn a few rolls of film. Fighter pilots are a traditionally gregarious lot, and these types of military relationships do help build camaraderie and respect! not to mention learning how to take your equipment to the limits, and knowing where those limits are gives you the confidence to operate your aircraft "competently" and "confidently" within its flight envelope.....
ludasmatyi
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another pictures
kwaigonegin
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I think tht picture has been posted earlier. this one is cropped. The picture is actually of a J-10S
Cropped yes, but it is the J-20, with what looks to be a light grey/blue paint job except on the tail around the rondel.
She's a good looking bird, and fearsome one at that... F-35 electronics (including IRST) while approaching F-22 flight performance, especially once the WS-15's arrive.
You wouldn't want to be caught napping in a Gen 4 - 4++ fighter with this baby
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